AntiGravity Orlando

This is a fantastic place to bring the kids and get great exercise. It’s even better if the adults do the classes as well. Excellent fun and a great way to get in shape.

Starting with the positive; the performers were very good. Their grace and athleticism was breathtaking at times. The sound track to the, almost, 2 hour show was heavy on Dubstep and some of the artists represented are Bassnectar, Magnetic Man, Taio Cruz and Skrillex.
Now for the not so positive…
The AntiGravity Orlando is being housed in the old Movie Rider building off of 1 – 92. The façade of the building is dark and when we walked up, we weren’t even sure they were actually open. There was no clear box office or person manning the booth and although we were welcomed by a gentleman, I wasn’t sure if he were associated with the theatre or just an inebriated patron.
There is a cash bar area over to the left of the theatre serving beer, wine and a few cocktails. Also available are 4 types of hot hors d’oeuvres for around the $ 4. mark each. I found out that the bar and food is catered by Houlihan’s. The smell of the hors d’oeuvres was really cloying as the evening progressed and by mid show I was wishing for the smell to disappear.
The show’s acts of «anti-​gravity» are woven together with a schmaltzy story and narrator. I do not blame the actor, but the script itself made the boyfriend and I roll our eyes and wish for the mic system to fail. It was a «clean» show, however several comments were made to audience members that were out of line.
The theatre itself is too small to house the performers and to really see what they were doing I had to crane my neck. There is really no good seat in the house. The surroundings feel grimy, mirrors are cracked and low lighting just adds to the derelict feel. Although I can tell what the designer was aiming for, it just feels poorly executed.
Full priced tickets are right at the $ 40 dollar mark for adults and $ 25 for children. Thankfully, we were invited to see the show free of charge, as to have been out of pocket for $ 80 bucks would have been upsetting.
If you’ve never seen aerial acrobatics anywhere else, and you will never be able to see one of the other large and well known troupes, then by all means see this show.
Just be prepared for a slightly grungier experience than you were expecting, and I wouldn’t buy tickets for too far in the future.

This show has been open for two weeks as of the writing of this review and while it got us out of the house on a night that we had planned to stay home, the show was underwhelming.
The show is presented in an old «Ride the Movies» building and it feels like a civic theater or grungy basement theater, which isn’t so bad I guess, but it doesn’t work for this show. You drive into a very dark parking lot, walk up to an unlit box office and it feels very awkward just walking in the door.
But then it started to feel like they couldn’t afford to turn on the lights or other little things. I say little things because its things like, in the bathrooms there are light fixtures that have bulbs in them, but they aren’t turned on. They’ve redecorated the bathrooms with their own «mood» lighting that just seems cheaply done. There’s toilet paper on the back of the toilet instead of the commercial toilet paper holders, there’s paper towels on a roll in a basket on the sink vs using the paper towel dispensers that are already on the wall, and then the seat cover dispenser that doesn’t have any seat covers in it. Tiny little things that would just make this place «feel» better. There’s a tiny bar with drinks for purchase and appetizers, but again it feels sort of warehouse’ish and out of place. We didn’t partake in any of the libations, so I can’t comment on them.
Ok so the show. It’s feels very forced and passé’. While the strength and talent of the performers is absolutely incredible, we’ve seen it all before… The man in the iron ring defying gravity, the women doing acrobats on silk sheets and other elevated elements above your head, men balancing on each other and poles, all choreographed to dubstep type techno music. Oh and then there’s the «host» of the show, a schtick that is meant to be funny but feels awkward and corny while he explains how we are in his anti-​gravity generator factory thingy.
So bottom line, you won’t see anything here that you haven’t seen either at a theme park, convention show, Cirque or even America’s Got Talent TV show… But they did ok with what they had and the performers are definitely talented and are only limited by the budget of the show I think. I think the venue is just too small to give you the «wow» factor that you might expect from the advertising or previous experiences if you’ve seen any Cirque’ show. This type of show has a ton of potential in a huge venue. They might be better off marketing this as a night club that has artistic performances and get rid of the theater seating… allow people to mingle, eat, drink, dance, listen to the music and watch these talented performers.

This is a thrilling, one of a kind show where performers run, jump and fly through the air above your head. The performers bring «the makers» creations to life in the Factory of Wonder and amaze their audience as they tell the story of mans desire to take flight. This show is wonderful entertainment for all ages and a great night out in Orlando!